Women of Power : : Half a Century of Female Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide / / Torild Skard.
CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 2015 Do women national leaders represent a breakthrough for the women’s movement, or is women’s leadership weaker than the numbers imply? This unique book, written by an experienced politician and academic, is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of how and...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (576 p.) :; 45 Black and White |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Acknowledgements
- A long journey
- Introduction
- Breakthrough on several continents
- Women in politics: background, approaches, research
- Western industrial countries (I): women are able – in various ways
- ‘Roaring She-Tigers’ in South Asia
- Equilibrists in East Asia
- Machismo, marianismo and modernism in Latin America
- Lopsided democracies in the Caribbean
- ‘Big Chiefs’ in sub-Saharan Africa
- Eastern Bloc: from communism to capitalism
- Western industrial countries (II): womanpower and defeat
- Where women came to power: summary of the regional chapters
- When women made it to the top: overview, variation, trends
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Chronological overview
- Index